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Musson - Noble - Sanders: Tatterdemalion
by Glenn Astarita
Tatterdemalion: the album title refers to someone who wears tattered clothing, a simile that may parallel the unadorned and rather raucous proceedings enacted by this trio's thoroughly “free" approach to jazz improvisation. You won't find pieces that intimate a sea of tranquility. It's more about an in-your-face type workout featuring saxophonist Rachel Musson's hardcore expressionism. However, ...
Bruno Heinen Sextet: Tierkreis
by Glenn Astarita
British pianist Bruno Heinen studied classical music at the Royal College of Music, and jazz with fellow countryman and renowned jazz pianist John Taylor. He comes from both sides of the fence so to speak, which is an aspect that translates rather well on these pieces composed by pioneering and influential classical composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Heinen's ...
Barbacana: Barbacana
by Karl Ackermann
Barbacana is a UK-based group of interest on a number of levels. Chief among them is the presence of the very busy and talented keyboardist Kit Downes. Along with his namesake progressive jazz trio, Downes has worked in the prestigious company of European greats Django Bates and Julian Arguelles, as well as with American alto legend ...
Moss Project: What Do You See When You Close Your Eyes?
by AAJ Italy Staff
Il progetto è intrigante e anomalo. Partendo da una manciata di nuove composizioni del chitarrista britannico Moss Freed, vengono coinvolti sei pluripremiati scrittori che, prendendo spunto dalla musica ( di solito il processo è inverso, ecco l'anomalia) scrivono brevi storie/poesie. Il risultato è assolutamente affascinante, incrocio di parole e note che va ben al di là ...
Human: Being Human
by AAJ Italy Staff
Human è un quartetto allestito dal batterista/compositore scozzese Stephen Davis (membro del trio Bourne/Davis/Kane e con frequentazioni eccellenti quali Evan Parker, Joe Morris, Marc Ribot) insieme ad alcune delle personalità più interessanti della nuova scena jazz e impro britannica. Quartetto dalla struttura anomala per l'abbinamento tromba/violino e l'assenza del contrabbasso, Human si inserisce nel novero di ...
WorldService Project: Articulate Arsonists
by John Kelman
It's a very different time to be a musician than it was even 20 years ago, when major record labels still existed, providing tour support and money to make recordings. It's also a very different time because, with the upsurge of DIY recordings, there's more music being released every month than ever before. Add to that ...
Vole: The Hillside Mechanisms
by AAJ Italy Staff
Hillside Road è l'indirizzo dell'abitazione londinese del batterista spagnolo Javier Carmona (John Tchicai, John Russell, etc.). Una sorta di laboratorio musicale frequentato da numerosi musicisti tra cui il trombettista britannico Roland Ramanan (John Stevens, Peter Brotzmann, Evan Parker, etc.) e il chitarrista italiano Roberto Sassi (Cardosanto, London Improvisers Orchestra, etc.). L'empatia tra i tre musicisti è ...
AVC: Busk
by Karl Ackermann
The UK label Babel has been nurturing unique talent for the better part of twenty years, judiciously releasing only about a half-dozen albums in a given year. Many of their artists play on the fringes of jazz and some go way beyond the pale. AVC are hardly outliers but neither is the quintet a predictable, formulaic ...
Glockenspiel: Dupleix
by AAJ Italy Staff
Adrian Dollemore, il chitarrista dei Glockenspiel, confessa molto serenamente che il loro secondo CD Dupleix è finito abbastanza per caso tra la musica jazz, perché in realtà lui e Steve D'Enton - il batterista del duo - sono principalmente dediti alla sperimentazione elettronica. Ma la loro ricerca è stata di fatto sempre assai multidirezionale, tanto che ...
Vole: The Hillside Mechanisms
by John Sharpe
Three stalwarts of the London Improvisers Orchestra come together on the debut outing of the genre-mashing Vole. When playing credits number saxophone iconoclasts Peter Brotzmann, Evan Parker and Ingrid Laubrock, bassist Simon Fell and pianist Alexander Hawkins, then energy and imagination can be almost guaranteed. What's fascinating is how they align improv with noise, heavy metal ...
